The current Grand Cherokee is wonderfully outfitted, well-designed, potent in both V6 and V8 formats and exceedingly comfortable in both civilized and rougher environments. In a segment where competition is especially fierce, the Grand Cherokee has to fight it out and display versatile talents. Our week-long drive fleshed it all out. Read on for the vital details.

Power Wheels are great for kids. They can imagine what it's like to drive a real car without the dangers involved. Little people in tiny cars make for great fun, and whoever invented them was a genius. But do we ever really grow up? Not if your idea of fun is taking one of these small, slow toy cars and turning it into a hoonigan's mini-delight.

What do you think Keith Moon did after throwing a 20-inch Emerson television set off a Howard Johnson’s roof in Des Moines back in '72? And what did Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhodes do after they blew up the backstage toilets at Cobo Hall in Detroit?

Well, first they looked to see if anyone was dead or seriously injured as a result of their hijinks, but eventually each poured themselves a nice cup of tea.

Our intrepid reporter and the tea-peddling rocker.

And while William Patrick Corgan is as American as lynch-mobs and Chef Boyardee, unlike the said legends from Britannia, he is no less a rockstar.

The seeds for Corgan’s latest business venture were sewn back in 2003 when he sought a quiet refuge from the excess and tumult of stardom and bought a home in an upscale suburb north of Chicago, Highland Park. The only problem was that he got just what he wished for.

“This town was too quiet and seriously lacking in anything bohemian,” Corgan told us tableside at Madame Zuzu’s Tea House in Highland Park.

“For about 10 years I wanted to open an artistic space--it could have been anything from art gallery to a music performance space but it dawned on me that tea was the way to put it together.”

Billy Corgan's 1967 GTO sits outside his tea house.

Corgan envisions that the tasteful, art deco tea-room will be a vibrant and eclectic venue where local performers, artists, holistic healers, and photographers of all ages can come together, network, and showcase their talents.

Because of Highland Park’s conspicuous affluence, as seen in the multi-million dollar lakefront properties nearby, one might think of it as a town comprised solely of patrons of the arts and not artists, but Corgan disputes that notion.

“Highland Park originally was an artist colony and Ravinia was developed to get people to move up here. So, there are roots for it,” Corgan said.

“I think there are a lot more artists here than people realize, but how would they coalesce? There has been no reason for them to coalesce.”

Corgan’s enthusiasm for his new pet-project is absolute, and on any given day at Madame Zuzu’s Tea House you may very well find Corgan (when he’s not on tour) serving tea behind the counter and chatting up customers.